Moratorium on Evictions

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[NOTE: As of June 30, 2020, the Tenant Safe Harbor Act modified and extended the protections to residential tenants and residential mortgagors only and is now the controlling law for residential tenants and residential mortgagors as further modified by more recent Executive Orders.]

  • December 30, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.87, which extended the moratorium through January 29, 2021, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 that relates to eviction of any commercial tenant for nonpayment of rent or a foreclosure of any commercial mortgage for nonpayment of such mortgage.
  • December 27, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.85, which extended the moratorium through January 26, 2021, for residential tenants and residential mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the expanded protections to residential tenants and residential mortgagors under the Tenant Safe Harbor Act provided in Executive Order 202.66.
  • October 20, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.70, which modified the directive in Executive Order in 202.28 that relates to eviction of any commercial tenant for nonpayment of rent or a foreclosure of any commercial mortgage for nonpayment of such mortgage. This executive order extended the moratorium through January 1, 2021.
  • October 5, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.67, which extended the moratorium until November 3, 2020, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 on May 7, 2020 and modified in Executive Order 202.48 on July 6, 2020.
  • September 29, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.66, which expanded the protections to residential tenants and residential mortgagors under the Tenant Safe Harbor Act. The order prevents the execution or enforcement of a judgment or warrant of eviction for a residential property granted prior to March 7, 2020 and through January 1, 2021.
  • September 18, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.64, which extended the moratorium until October 20, 2020, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 on May 7, 2020 and modified in Executive Order 202.48 on July 6, 2020.
  • September 4, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.60, which extended the moratorium until October 4, 2020, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 on May 7, 2020 and modified in Executive Order 202.48 on July 6, 2020.
  • August 20, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.57, which extended the moratorium until September 20, 2020, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 on May 7, 2020 and modified in Executive Order 202.48 on July 6, 2020.
  • August 5, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.55, which extended the moratorium until September 4, 2020, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors. This executive order is a continuation of the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 on May 7, 2020 and modified in Executive Order 202.48 on July 6, 2020.
  • July 6, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.48, which continued the moratorium until August 20, 2020, for commercial tenants and commercial mortgagors only. This means that the moratorium issued in Executive Order 202.28 on May 7, 2020, continues to prohibit the initiation of eviction and foreclosure proceedings and enforcement actions against commercial tenants and mortgagors only until August 20, 2020.
  • June 30, 2020 – Governor Cuomo signed the Tenant Safe Harbor Act, which only applies to residential tenants and residential mortgagors only.
  • May 7, 2020 – Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.28, which extended the moratorium until August 20, 2020 and prohibited the initiation of proceedings or enforcement of:
    • An eviction of any residential or commercial tenant for nonpayment of rent where the property is rented by someone that is eligible for unemployment insurance or other benefits under state or federal law, or facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic; or
    • A foreclosure of any residential or commercial mortgage for nonpayment of such mortgage where the property is owned or rented by someone that is eligible for unemployment insurance or other benefits under state or federal law, or facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • March 20, 2020 – Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.8, which included a 90-day moratorium (moratorium) on evictions for residential and commercial tenants, and foreclosures of any residential or commercial property. Meaning no one can be evicted in NYS until at least June 20, 2020.

January 29, 2021